pomp
noun /pɒmp/
/pɑːmp/
[uncountable]Idioms - the impressive clothes, decorations, music, etc. and traditional customs that are part of an official occasion or ceremony
- all the pomp and ceremony of a royal wedding
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French pompe, via Latin from Greek pompē ‘procession, pomp’, from pempein ‘send’.
Idioms
pomp and circumstance
- formal and impressive ceremony
- Funerals of famous people were conducted with great pomp and circumstance.